Dancing Robot Blog!

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autism, Blue+, EDF Energy 2012, Electric Dreams, My Keepon Dancing Robot

Electric Dreams…

This commercial has been playing on British TV for a couple of weeks now, possibly slightly longer. When I first saw the advert I really didn’t understand what it was all about. I actually thought it was something to do with, a.] Worms, the game series, b.] condoms, c] something other. Then I saw it again. And again. Then I YouTube’d it because I was fascinated by this little worm like thing dancing to music advertising a brand of electricity.

After a bit of research I found out that the product that the EDF Mascot “Zingy” [apparently] was based on was called “My Keepon”. There are two versions of this, from what I gather from the research I’ve done. One version is approximately $30,000.00. Yes that’s right. But there is a reason behind this – these “toys” are made specifically for autistic people/children to, I think, help them interact with… anything? Perhaps it’s to help them interact with people more effectively because the robots have a lot of personality. The second version, the “cheap” version, from what I’ve seen has a varying price tag ranging from approximately £60.00 on Play.com to £17.99 in Argos. Naturally, Argos didn’t have any in all the stores I searched online in the Kent area of the UK. I ended up buying mine from Amazon for £25.00 which I didn’t think was too bad.

I must stress that I brought this on impulse. I don’t generally buy things on impulse at all, but this I did. After watching that EDF advert about a million times. Some would suggest that I am a slave to consumerism, but I like to think I am being a slave to my inner child. Lol.

Lol to this. This isn’t my own, but still it’s pretty cool and demonstrates some of what the dancing robot can do. I need a name for mine! I know it’s only a robot and really is, well not human, but these little things actually do have a lot of personality! And personality deserves names. Like cars. My car is called Pearl, named after the Black Pearl! [If you need to know where that reference comes from you must be living in a shell. Or stranded on a desert island somewhere without Johnny Depp pirates].

I plan to make a video with my little dancing robot at some point [I did a test video for Facebook but can’t link in as I can’t find a link…], possibly over the weekend but I am unsure of the time yet, but when I do I shall ensure I post it here as well. Words cannot actually describe how much I love this little thing!

That’ll be all, but I genuinely needed to share how happy this has made me.

=D

Kialtho

 

 

The Hunger Games, Blog # I Can’t Remember

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Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, The Rivers of London, TMJD, Twilight

I know my last post was about The Hunger Games but thought I would write about it again – but then it is pretty awesome – so why not?

I think I was about to go and see the film in my previous post – and whilst I won’t say much about the film – if you enjoyed the books, watch the film as it is really great at fleshing out details of the books. I think it’s one of the rare instances where the book and the film are actually perfect fits for each other. It’s not just an adaptation of a book, but it is, in my opinion, a film that truly does the book justice. [Are there any views on it? If so, please let me know! I’d love to hear what other people think!]

Thanks to a friend, I now have the books on my Kindle too, which means that it will be a bit easier to re-read the books as well [namely as I’ve lent out both the first and second books] plus it means that I can pick it up every now and then rather than reading it all in one go.

The Hunger Games is a very odd series for me. It reminds me in more than one way of Twilight with the way that it’s written, and, whilst I think I will always debate whether or not I actually liked Twilight [I mean, I enjoyed reading it, but know in reality that they are really awful and in general the biggest Mary-Sue fiction I think I’ve ever read – and seriously, I struggle to admit that I have read, and generally I lean-to the side that says I hated the books]. I think it’s the idea behind The Hunger Games that I like, and the potential of a future that actually isn’t too dissimilar to the that portrayed by Suzanne Collins. I would suggest that the books would have been better if they had been written in third person as I think it is one of the most difficult things to pull off first person writing.

AlongsideThe Hunger Games films and books is the Facebook game – which is horribly addictive – just like the books – and still in Beta… which means that I’m now at the furthest point I can go until Thursday. Frustrating!

As I was typing about Twilight above I was reminded of a paragraph that I read in my most recent foray into the world of reading -“The Rivers of London” I think it’s called – which aside from having numerous Harry Potter references in the beginning – it’s like Harry Potter for adults, really – there’s a paragraph where the main character – a magical apprentice, alongside his “master”, go to a house and have to eliminate some vampires – and there is a carefully not so well hidden dig about these vampires not being of the sparkly variety. I suppose you should read it to get the full effect, because it turns out that I’m not so great at telling jokes in blogs as well as real life.

I really feel the need to share with you all that my jaw really hurts as well. I’ve come to the conclusion [via a few other people] that either I’m having wisdom teeth problems [which I am actually hoping that this is the case] or I’m suffering TMJ Disorder – which is basically a shorthand version of a big word that means my jaw hurts. Go figure.

That’s all for now folks! Take care, and may the odds be ever in your favour!